{"id":11869,"date":"2023-07-28T00:31:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T05:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=11869"},"modified":"2023-07-28T00:31:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T05:31:31","slug":"james-franklin-opens-up-on-penn-states-big-ten-rivalries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/james-franklin-opens-up-on-penn-states-big-ten-rivalries\/","title":{"rendered":"James Franklin opens up on Penn State\u2019s Big Ten rivalries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rivalries are one of the best parts of college sports. They\u2019re a critical element that helps to separate college football from the pros. The intensity of the rivalries and the passion of the fans centered around those rivalries is a massive part of what makes college sports so great. Recently at Big Ten Media Days, Penn State<\/a><\/strong> head football coach James Franklin opened up on the different rivalries for the Nittany Lions.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I think I kind of look at those teams in our conference as really good teams that we\u2019ve competed with for a long time and have had great games. To me, that word is different. I think there seems to be a lot of people trying to create those things. And it\u2019s funny, when I first got to Penn State they were having this discussion about a rival. Well, why? Well, we\u2019re not an original Big Ten team,\u201d Franklin continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were independent for a long, long time. Then you join a conference and then people try to create rivalries that really weren\u2019t there. Just like everybody wanted to tell me about our rivalry with Pitt, which I agree with geographically. But literally up \u2019til we played them a few years ago, none of our players had ever seen a Penn State<\/a><\/strong>\u2013Pitt<\/a><\/strong> rivalry game in their lifetime. So, I just think these games are important,\u201d the Nittany Lions head man said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re big games. They\u2019re important for the Big Ten. They\u2019re important for our teams individually as well. But to me, there shouldn\u2019t have to be discussions on is this team a rival or not. If they\u2019re a rival, everybody knows that, in my opinion,\u201d Franklin said.<\/p>\n

He brings up an excellent point about people trying to create rivalries. It makes the games more exciting and interesting for everybody involved. No question about it. <\/p>\n

For more from James Franklin from Big Ten Media Days, check out the article below from On3\u2019s Andrew Graham<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Franklin is in no rush to name a starting quarterback<\/h2>\n

Penn State<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and head coach\u00a0James Franklin<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0are eyeing big goals in 2023. The Nittany Lions have a loaded roster and are a trendy pick to win the Big Ten East and make the College Football Playoff.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s one big question remaining: Who will be the starting quarterback? Franklin and Co. are likely picking between two relatively unknown quantities in\u00a0Drew Allar<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Beau Pribula<\/a><\/strong>. While many expect that Allar will ascend into the starting role, it doesn\u2019t seem a decision has been made yet.<\/p>\n

A 2023 Big Ten Media Days on Wednesday, Franklin said he\u2019s hoping to make a call on the starting quarterback sooner, rather than later.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously the sooner the better. But we\u2019re not going to rush any of these decisions at any of these positions. We grade everything and every practice, so all the data will be there. Obviously you\u2019re going to trust your gut and your instincts on those things, as well, but you have the data to back it up. But I think at any of these positions, the sooner the better,\u201d Franklin said.<\/p>\n

Franklin said that while there are a number of other position battles Penn State is trying to sort out \u2014\u00a0like who will form the top receiver grouping \u2014\u00a0the quarterback choice is magnified by the way it impacts the whole team and the lack of rotation at the position.<\/p>\n

The goal is to pick a guy and have him be the guy without any seeds of doubt.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s probably magnified at the quarterback position because you don\u2019t rotate and play the same type of way that you do at some other positions. But it\u2019ll be, obviously, watching how they move the offense,\u201d Franklin said, \u201cthe confidence that their teammates have in them and then obviously a lot of the data and analytics go into it as well to make sure that what your gut is telling you aligns with what the numbers say.\u201d<\/p>\n

On3\u2019s Andrew Graham<\/a><\/strong> also contributed to this article.<\/p>\n

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